Related to cycling. Were basically considered a family bike store, so we like to deal with normal people. Were not a race shop, and we feel that theres a huge potential for everybody to enjoy cycling when you come to century cycles. We carry all types of bikes from kids bikes up to almost professionalgrade racing bikes, and everything in between. Again, we like to cater to people that are out to enjoy cycling, just like they did when they were a kid. This is called a fat tire bike. Because it was designed up in minneosta, where they ride all year long. Of course, they have more snow even than us. It has made its insurgence all across the eastern United States now, and were finding it a really popular bike for pretty serious people. This is not the first bike anybody would own, but if its a second or third bike, its a great example. It goes through and over everything. A lot of people are riding them now in the mud when its spring like this. Electric is a relatively new category here, its growing in the world. In europe, its hugely popular. Its now starting to actually make some pretty good foothold here in the United States, and its allowing people that cant quite ride a bike like they used to to be able to go longer distances, and enjoy cycling like they used to. Townies have been a really big piece of our business. Again, theyre really fashionable, theyre really colorful. Theyre unique, they make dozens of colors, and they appeal to especially women, women from about 6th grade all the way up to in their 80s, very comfortable, easy on the back and the body, and very easy to get on and off from for people who cant lift their legs like they used to be able to do. Road bikes, you know, that was one of the original styles of bikes, and its still the best way to go fast down the road, to go the longest distances. A lot of people that are doing pledge rides like the ms 150, its still the easiest way to go 75 miles. Most of the ones we carry have a little bit more comfort built into them. Eyre more custom to go fast on. Most bikeshop bikes, if theyre maintained and taken care of, theyll last a lifetime, literally. There are really nice materials these days. A lot of aluminum that wont rust. Again, the maintenance part is important, just like it is on a car. Just like you have your oil changed on a car, you should have you bike lubricated, and adjusted and tuned up, not every year necessarily, unless youre riding a lot. Certainly every two years, you should probably have an overhaul this is, of course, a great time of year to be thinking about cycling. Were finally getting some nice weather after one of the most brutal winters anybody can remember. So, you come in and get ready to enjoy the summer. Its not quite here yet, but were seeing snippets of it, so again, come on in and try a bike out and go have some fun on a bike again. Century cycles has three locations throughout our area. After a long bike ride, you might need a little refresher, right . Here is griffin cider works. perky mellow music i was born in england, as the accent would indicate. In this particular area of the country, cider is very much the drink of the people. Its going to be the first alcoholic beverage that you drink when youre not supposed to be drinking, 14, i started making cider, hard cider as its called over here, and learning all about different apples. I would often go into the farmers orchards, and borrow apples. I carried on perfecting my methodology over the years, so i just carried on making my own cider as i had always been doing for years before anyway. Which was one of the very first things i made. The griffin, apart from being my childhood favorite mythological beast, which it really is, is a combination of the english lion and the american bald eagle. What we have right here is mumbles of up to eight ciders. You start off with griffin original. This is our mediumbodied english style cider, clean, crisp. Of 8 to 15 all ohio apples. All our ciders are aged for 3 to 6 months. Thats very, very important. The aging is critical for making good western england real cider. This is burley man. Burley man is your medium dry english farmhouse cider. Its got a much more fuller body. Its robust, its somewhat smooth, as well. If youre feeling a bit more brave, and youll go even more extreme, youll then try this little baby. Ularly dry cider with a distinct bite on the mumbles . Then, were going to start with the infused ciders in griffin. Were going to go on to a cider thats back by popular demand because my private stash got raided. We have the lemon blues. That is our lemon shandy summer seasonal. That is made of fresh lemons, ohio honey, always ohio, and a pinch of brown sugar. Then, we go on to the last of our griffins we currently have on tap. This is probably our most popular cider urrently have available. This is after burner, gingeraled cider. Dont let the word ale fool you. Theres no gluten in it, no ale. Its just a play on words. People are familiar with ginger ale. This is infused with fresh ginger, and then its mellowed with brown sugar. Something ill make you up right now is called a black mamba. That is black mamba, a snake bite cider. The positively purpose of the griffin cider house is to actually educate the public as to what real cider is all about. The cider is made right in lakewood, and you can enjoy it at several different restaurants throughout the area or pick it up at the closest heinens. After the break, we are taking you to one of the coolest things to do in akron. T r next stop is a place where you can go in, grab a drink, and sit down in front of a canvas. Its a byob painting bar in akron. Its called palladium palette. bright sprightly music im an art teacher, and i could not find a fulltime teaching job, so i was always working part time. I always had an idea that ive always wanted to open an art studio. Because sometimes these like to explode at you, so thats why we need to wear the aprons, because were using acrylic paints and they will not come out of your clothes. I offer painting, so its stepbystep. I literally show you what paintbrush to use, what colors to mix, how much to use. You also have your paintbrushes, so you have a lot of different sizes and shapes. Whats nice about these is theyre not covered up by paint, r brush thats like a size 10. I will literally hold up the brush for you, and the numbers, so were on the same page with what brush were going to be using. I just want people to explore, to have fun, because usually people havent painted or done any type of art work since Elementary School or high school. Now, each painting that we do, you can see that ive done it a couple times, and they look completely different, dont they . Thats what youre going to be doing, i have a lot of repeat customers that just really enjoy it. When they come in, i call them my guests, and i really develop friendships with them. We are going to draw one line going across about 3 4 of the way down. Were just going to go back and forth, and i just want you to apply a thin layer. Its a place for people to have events, for rubber stampers to come and do cardmaking supplies, so i have retail, also. I have them in sections here. This here is more of my happy birthday stamps, and also my friend stamps. Theres just a wide variety of different sizes. This one here is a birthday stamp here, with a birthday hat. I have a lot of supplies in here, ranging from ink, to markers, dyes, i have a lot of samples here. What well do is well look through here so you can see kind of a dye, and what you can do with it. Its always been popular, and its something where i feel like the people that have gotten into it feel like theyre not artists, but its a way that they can feel they can be creative. I just like everything about it. This place has got everything. So just a nice thin even layer. Yeah, paint the bottom also. Good, these are looking nice. I have people always saying, i cant draw a stick figure. Well, then, you are in the Perfect Place because i will show you with simple shapes how to create a beautiful image. Palladium palette is located in the heart of downtown akron. Speaking of places to get your creative juices flowing, this next stop is in ohio city, handpicked by the owner. Its called blackbird fly boutique. jazzy upbeat music blackbird fly boutique, the name came from my love of the beatles. I grew up in a really beatlesfriendly family. I had a mom who was a hippie, a dad who was a greaser. They both played guitar. They were both in bands, we carry womens clothing, shoes, accessories, handcrafted jewelry. We have local items, such as candles. We have leather goods, all local. We do 50 americanmade. The other 50 , i hand pick in small quantities from designers all around the world, but the one thing we strive to do is make sure that everything is ethically produced. Were really proud of the selection that we have here. We have some great pieces that you wont find anywhere else. Originally, this all stemmed from i was a stayathome mom for five years. I had always dabbled in art before that. I was a hair stylist, Makeup Artist before that. What had happened was i picked up a new medium of art while i was a stayathome mom. That was silver smithing and metal smithing. My line of jewelry is linger designs, and thats basically what got the entire store started. And youll see that in a lot of my pieces. I love mixed metals, so i make good use of silver, primarily, for most pieces, but as well as brass, copper, you name it, we incorporate it into the piece. Were really proud of our outerwear selection, which changes constantly, but this is a line that we carry that is really retro in styling. Also, on the flip side of that, we carry lines that are much more modern in detailing, baggu really has a cult following. They are all americanmade leather bags at a super reasonable price. This one is part of their new line that came out this fall and winter. Its blue suede. They basically have five colors per season, and they only change by one or two colors every season, so people collect these. We carry at all times about 15 pairs. These particular ones here are handfinished, as well as handhammered, something that you only find in a true qualitymade piece of footwear. This really feels like it for me. I feel like ive kinda found where i belong, so i love that. I also love the fact that i can be really creative in this job and i get to pick and choose, and create looks for people ue. To me, thats like art, you know. And then, of course, i get to house my jewelry, and showcase it, which is an added bonus. I make people happy. Its a great neighborhood. Theres such a sense of camaraderie here. I love being back here. I grew up in Detroit Shoreway as a kid, so this is like an extension of my neighborhood for me, so its a lot of fun. Blackbird fly boutique is right on west 28th street, we are tripling up the independent businesses, independents show. Its a home decor store that people have been shopping at for more than 20 years, so you can update your home and shop local at urban home and garden. And just put the home and garden on to it. I kind of go for more of a natureinspired natural look, just a broad range of products from lighting to tabletop, soaps and lotions, to specialty items for each season. Top trends for this year are, as we can tell, birds and nests are very strong, not only from spring season, but its just gonna be a big trend. The Pantone Color of the year, it is lilac, but indigo blue is a huge trend, as we have a lot of blue and white going on. Everyones getting back to the whole, anything natural, a lot of lighting. This season, pendant lamps are huge, anything hanging. We are constantly striving to change things around, and the following week never is the same place. Were constantly getting new product in daily, and thats what keeps the uniqueness of urban home and garden. One of our big categories is textiles, consisting of from pillows, to table runners, to tablecloths, to kitchen towels. Thats a huge category for us, also. We do have some exclusive lines, which are exclusive to our stores here in cleveland, and customers know that. Every season, our pillows and tabletop textiles change so dramatically, and people are just so enthralled with the whole colors, of what our trendsetters colors are going to be for the season. Thats the fun thing about pillows. First of all, you can never have too many, be it on a sofa, a bed, anywhere. Gone are the days of, okay, its only gonna be stripes. Nothing else is gonna be with that. Lanterns are always a yearround staple for us, but this season, theyre really gonna be a huge hit. We have some great lanterns coming in, from moroccan lanterns, to very farmhouse typelooking lanterns, all the way up to 2 and 3feet lanterns. The big box stores, you just dont get the personal service that you get in a small momandpop store. Thats what we strive with all of our employees to be on top and just walk them through. Make sure when they leave urban home and garden, and just down the road in lakewood, is a Specialty Store that was born out of a passion for cigars. When you come to robusto and briar, you can expect a high level of customer service. We definitely have a wide variety to choose from. We have a strong base of product knowledge. We can tell you about the cigar. We can help find a cigar to suit your needs. We can find a cigar to suit your budget. We can help find the one that matches up what it is that youre looking for that day. We want people to feel welcome. We want people to come in and feel a warm inviting place. Its very open, its very warm. Its very bright. We have a lot of wood to it. It is modeled after a hot club. Thats sort of the style we went for. Theres a lot of antiques to it. This is a walkin humidor. This is how we keep the cigars in shape for long periods of time. In the room like this, you can find a cigar from 3 all the way up to 25 right now. You can find cigars from the dominican republic, nicaragua, honduras. Were very proud to carry padron. Padrons a very wellknown, very high end nicaraguan manufacturer, very well constructed, medium to fullbodied cigars, im a pipe tobacco blender by trade. Its one of the great things about coming up in this trade where i did. This is all pipe tobacco, pipe tobacco for pipes, but nine of them i actually make here inhouse. Theres a bunch of different kinds. For guys who are starting out, i recommend Something Like doherty davis, which is something i make here. Its a very traditional halfandhalf mixture, which is an ohio white burley, just with a light vanilla, vanilla aromatic to it. Something that im more into are the english mixtures. Something i make here, like vago, which has got a lot of orientals to it. Its very heavy on the stuff like the turkishes, the izmirs, and stuff like that, or Something Like cherry knot, which is a fullbodied english with just a touch of louisiana perique to it. Easygoing group of people. We just invite you to come on in, have a cigar, sit down and enjoy yourself. Robusto and briar is right on riverside drive, in lakewood, so were on the west side. Im going to take you now to the east side. Banyan tree has been a staple in tremont for years now, and you can check out the sellers trend which is on the corner of euclid and mayfield. Its in the new area of University Circle and case western reserve university. Its a bit smaller than the store in banyan tree in tremont, but we do offer the same fun things that people come in for, our handbags, our home decor, our clevelandthemed items, as well as our clothing. If its warm, we have things laid out so its easy to shop, we do have a good sampling of everything for the College Student to the people that work at the hospitals. We try to cater to a large demographic. Of course, we carry our own line, figwood, which we have been making for over five years. Its a knit line, so we carry that. Its our own designs and we have it made, as well as other brands that we sell. Everyone loves our handbags. We do a lot of different types of handbags. E fun statement pieces as well as our own charm line that we do. We carry it all, we even carry food. We carry a lot of different accessories. Scarves are the big favorite this season. Were constantly getting new merchandise in. Our inventory changes weekly, and well keep up on the different trends for the season. Our cleveland favorites are our cozy sweaters. We have a ton of those to keep us warm through the winter. That you can wear on weekends, or if you have an event, you can pop in before your event, buy a handbag, or buy a new outfit. As we started 14 years ago in tremont, we started more as an art gallery, and we always have focused on local artists. We still have that part of our vision for the store as well. Banyan tree is open at 11 00 a. M. Daily in uptown. Still to come, over a hundred types of teas for you to sip and savor. Hello. Yeah, im just gonna need you to give me complete access to your computer so i can pretend to remove a virus while actually taking all your personal and financial information. Oh, and im gonna lock your computer so you have to pay me to access it. Sound good . Unfortunately, its never this obvious. Thats why were here. Dedicated to protecting ohio families here on new day cleveland. It is an ancient beverage perfectly suited for a modern world, and at the tea lab, youll have over a hundred types to choose from. The tea lab was started to have a place that was specifically about tea, not coffee and tea, not tea and crumpets, its not an herbal medicine shop. Its about tea. Now, teas good for you, but thats not our focus. Our focus is in the enjoyment of tea. Tea is actually the worlds second most popular beverage. It comes in right after water, believe it or not. Now, that includes places like china and india, that they only drink tea, so its a little skewed. But, tea has really sort of been taking off what we do is we offer loose leaf tea by the ounce, and you can buy as litlte as one ounce. Were not going to force you to buy more than you want. You can also have a cup of tea, any of our teas, steeped to order, and its done in togo cups, because theres nowhere to sit in here. There is plenty of room to sit in the arcade itself, and its a great atmosphere to go out ng now is shes taking one of our flavored white teas, which is ginger pomegranate that sounds good weighing it, we always weigh our teas, and adding it to the brewer, which is just a vessel that will hold the water in there. We have hot water on tap, either at 170 or 200, depending on which tea were using. Were doing a white tea, so shes using the lower temperature water right now. Up the container. That container will sit there for about two to three minutes, depending on the tea, and check that. We try to have a large selection of tea, and we have exclusive teas that tea lovers really like, like a monkey picked supreme oolong, more casual teas, like the berry blends and all that. So, if you like coconut vanilla, or coconut pineapple, or maple taffy, or caramel, or whatever, we have that, too. This is our tower of tea, our tea tower. It has all of our flavored teas